we like it wild: produce to the people
In this week’s feature we’re getting our hands dirty with Lauren Anderson. An artist and gardener, Lauren added CEO to her list of credits this year when she single-handedly founded Produce to the People, a San Francisco non-profit that works to distribute backyard- and community-grown produce to low income individuals and families free of charge. We got a chance to visit her in her sweet little garden where she served us homemade beer and Beet Velvet cupcakes and we chatted on her afghan-outfitted yard furniture (she swears the acrylic tenacity of these granny blankets makes them ideal for outdoor use- they never mildew- and they look so darn good!).
Produce to the People, which often consists of Lauren and any good-natured tree-climbing friends and volunteers she can scrounge up, travels throughout San Francisco harvesting fruits and vegetables from private gardens and gardeners who simply have more apples, plums and oranges than they know what to do with. In a single season a fruit tree can produce 300-400 pounds of fruit. Seriously. Think of all the front yards you’ve passed covered in moldering lemons and squishy plums and thought, “What a waste.” Well, Lauren thought so too and decided to do something about it. Now people can contact Produce to the People to arrange picking parties: PttP comes to your house, harvests your goods, and gives them to hungry people throughout the city.
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